Grain-dump.



W. B. HAUTER.

GRAIN DUMP.

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Patented July 30, 1918.

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W, 8. HAUTER.

GRAIN DUMP.

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WILLIAM B. HAUTER,

or mom'on, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO A. F. MEYER MFG. col,'or

' MORTON, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

GRAIN-DUMP.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IVILLIAM B. HAU'I'ER, a citizen of the United States, a resident of Morton, in the county of Tazewell and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Grain-Dumps, of which the following isa specification.

This invention has reference to grain dumps, and relates particularly to that type of dump in which dump-logs are the elements on which the vehicle rests containing the grain, and which are moved from a horizontal to an inclined position, so that the grain in the vehicle may be discharged, upon the removal of the tail board or end gate from the vehicle.

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a mechanism for operating the dump-logs to incline them at the desired angle for dumping the grain, said operating mechanism including means for automatically locking the dump-logs in their various adjustable positions.

The invention has for a further object to providean operating meansfor dump logs used inside an elevator or crib, including hangers. suspended from a drive shaft on which the means for oscillating the dumplogs are mounted. I

That the invention may be more fully understood, reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing in dotted lines that portion of an elevating structure in connection with which my invention is used and the invention shown in full lines applied thereto;

Fig. 52 is: an-elevation partly in section showing the driving parts of my invention and the means for lowering and raising one of the dump-logs;

Fig. 3 is a detailed side elevation of an end of one of the dump-logs showing the manner of connecting the same for the lowering said dump- 1 Fig. 4; isan edge view of an operating wheel and the double pin crank for operating the same, and V w Fig. 5 is a face view of the right hand side of what is shown in Fig. 1.

Like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the figures.

The present invention has reference to that class of grain dumps shown and de- Specification of Letters Patent- 7 Patented July 30, 1918.

Application filed March 20, 1916. Serial No. 85,308

raising and lowering movement/of theforscribed in the A. F. Meyer patent dated April 29th 1913, Number 1,060,349 and relates particularly to improvements upon the dump log operating and controlling means. Associated with the conveyer and elevator structure are dump-logs, these dump-logs operating in recesses provided in the floor ofthe driveway and designed to receive the wheels of a vehicle and when tilted to move; the vehicle into an inclined position, so that when the tail-board or end-gate of the vehicle is moved, the grain or other-material in the vehicle will be discharged into the chute to be conveyed to the leg or legs of the elevator and elevated to the distributer in the upper portion of the elevator or crib to be distributed into suitable bins or com partments provided therein. One leg of the elevator is shown and designated by the numeral 1. This leg is connected with a boot 2,.a1id communicating therewith is atrough or conveyer 3. The boot 2 and the trough 3 are preferably submerged in the ground in a suitable recess or compartmentasshown in said Meyer patent and communicating therewith,,is a chute 4. w 1 Extending at right angles to the chute 4 are walled compartments or recesses 5 in which the dump-logs 6 are located, pivotally, connected thereto, as at 7.

The forward endsof the dump-log 6 have connected thereto, 'plates 8, which in' turn are connected to endless chains or belts9, each'belt or chain 9 passing over a driving -sprocket wheel 10 and a driven sprocket wheel 11. The drivingisprocket wheels 10 are carried on an operating shaft 12, said. shaftbeing ,journaled .in brackets or bear -ings13 secured to one of the casings forming a binder for one side of the recess or compartment in which the'chute 4 is located. The driven sprocket wheels 11 are carried on short shafts 14 journaled in bearings, 7

ported'by =01 hung on the operating-shaft '12'and adapted to have oscillatory'movement thereonto adapt themselves to the the yokes l5 and 17constitute' hangers supg Ward ends of the dump-logs 6, and said dump-logs being connected to the endless belt or chains 9 which are passed around the sprocket wheels 10 and 11, may be operated from the shaft 12 to lower and raise the dump-log 6, and by means to be described, moved to adjusted inclined positions and locked in such positions. The yokes 17 are positioned on the shaft 12 between pairs of spaced brackets or bearings 13 to prevent endwise movement of the hangers on shaft 12 and the driving sprocket wheels 10 are disposed between the bearings on the yokes, as shown.

On one end of the operating shaft 12, is carried a sprocket wheel 18, the same being operated by a chain 19 driven by a sprocket wheel 20 on an operating shaft 21. The operating shaft last mentioned is journaled in suitable boXings or bearings secured to the leg 1 of the elevator and disposed at convenient distances above the floor of the drive-way for convenience in the operation of the same by an operator. The shaft 21 has secured thereon, a wheel 22, said wheel formed with a plurality of spokes or spikes 23 producing teeth with which engage the pins 2%, said pins constituting what is known in the trade, as a double pin crank and attached to or forming a part of a driying shaft 25, said shaft journaled in suitable bearings or boxings on the leg 1 of the olevator. The driving shaft 25 is shown provided with a squared end to receive a hand wheel 26 or a crank, whichever may be de' sired. The peculiar construction of the teeth of the wheel 22 and the double pin crank driving shaft 25 provides an operating means to enable an operator to transmit motion with little power to the operating shaft 12 to lower and raise the dump-log 6, said double pin crank acting as a lock,when the pins 2% are in a horizontal position shown in Fig. 5, to prevent rotation of the wheel 22, and the mechanism operated there by, so that an operator upon actuating the position shown in Fig. 5.

shaft 25 may impart movement to the shaft 21 and the operating shaft 12 through the connections between said last mentioned shafts to lower or raise said dump-log 6 and whether by intention or not, the operator moves the double pin crank shaft 25 to the Said pins 24 will assume this position and lock the wheel 22 in a position to retain the dump-logs in any such adjust-ed position to which they have been moved. 7

It is obvious that various changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of theparts shown, without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention, and I do not wish, therefore, to be limited except as the invention may be defined by the appended claims.

What I claim is 1. In a grain dump, in combination, a

plurality of dump-logs pivoted between their ends, an operating shaft, a plurality of hangers each swingingly mounted at one end on the shaft and having its outer opposite end free, wheels journaled at the opposite ends of the hangers, endless members supported by the wheels, and means connecting each endless member to the adjacent end of the respective dump-log, said hangers freely swinging at their outer ends to permit easy operation of said dump-logs.

- '2. In a grain dump, an operating shaft, a dump-log, a hanger swingingly mounted at one end on the shaft and having its opposite end freely movable, sprocket wheels journaled at the opposite ends of the hanger, a chain passing about the wheels, said hanger and chain being disposed beyond and in opposing relation to the adjacent end of the dump-log, a plate carried by said adjacent end of the dump-log and extended alongside of the chain, means connecting the plate to the chain, and means for locking the dump-log at any adjustment.

WILLIAM B. HAUTER. Y

Copies of this patent may be obtained. for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

, Washington, I). C. 

